When Theodore Philip Kline was born in 1847, in Dryden, Dryden, Tompkins, New York, United States, his father, Godfrey Kline, was 33 and his mother, Julia Ann Brown, was 35. He married Caroline E or Carrie Fosgatte on 16 December 1874, in Polkton Township, Ottawa, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He died on 7 March 1887, in Polkton Township, Ottawa, Michigan, United States, at the age of 40.
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The capital of Michigan was moved from Detroit to Lansing on March 17, 1847. The capital was moved to be further away from Canada, to encourage settlement and boost economy toward the inner regions of the state, and to make to capital more accessible to everyone statewide.
A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Americanized form of German, Dutch, and Jewish Klein .
Slovenian: derivative of klin ‘wedge, wooden peg’, used as a topographic name for someone who lived on a wedge-shaped piece of land.
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